Why is PBC not taking advantage of Crawford's free agent status?

[rickJen]

Hearn is not interested. He lacks fighters in almost any division.
Why are fans suddenly no longer interested in seeing the #1 P4P join PBC?
I don't get it. I really don't.

[BigDramaShow!]

Pbc isn’t interested.

No company with a brain will pay Crawford 5 mil per fight to fight bums like Kavaliuskas and One legged Benavidez.

I heard Pbc was turned off with Crawford’s 125k ppv buys vs Porter.

[djtmal]

He needs a gimmick.

[Boxfan83]

Hopefully Ugas beats Errol.

[just the facts]

Hopefully Ugas beats Errol.

Not a chance but I’m interested, why would you think Ugas beating Spence would do anything for Crawford or PBC?

[QballLobo]

What does Crawford bring? Top P4P eye test guy but can’t sell out a barn in Nebraska.
Boxing fans know him but he has little mainstream recognition despite fighting on ESPN the last few years. Arum doesn’t want him back and Hearn’s already said he’s not making an offer.
If he wants to chase a Spence fight he’ll have to accept his position as I don’t think Haymon’s breaking the bank to do business with him.

[_original_]

I’m sure there are talks behind the scenes. That was the only piece left for Haymon at welterweight. Although the real investment for PBC would be Boots.

[rickJen]

As one poster noted in another thread, if Showtime and PBC
are able to come up with truckloads of money funding the Canelo fights,
there's no reason why they can't do the same for a fight that's been clamored for years.
A fight where not a day goes by it's not being talked about and promoted.
On their own Spence and Crawford don't do much in the box office.
Crawford/Spence together in the ring would trump any fight made in recent years.

But I'm hopeful, these guys can't be that dumb to ask for unrealistic guarantees.
It's not PBC, Showtime that would derail the fight, it's the fighters themselves.

[DaNeutral.]

Considering he is the best Boxer America has right now he just isn't massively popular. Added to the fact the PBC don't want him relevant in any way, the more relevant he is the more pressure there is for a big showdown with Spence and that's the last thing the PBC want right now.

But at the end of the day the numbers don't lie, Crawford must average 150k PPV sales in a market of over 100 million ppl, its really bad numbers unlike the super stars of the sport like Spence who are doing 250k in a market of over 100 million.

It's like feeding a starving man 1 peanut and the next starving man 2. One man has eaten twice as much but they both going to die.

[KTFOKING]

How do you know they aren't interested in him? What makes you think Crawford is interested in signing with the PBC? His best friend has gone on YouTube on multiple of occasions saying that is not the move for Crawford. Plus, Crawford has a deal with MTK Global so he could be fine just signing one fight deals with different companies.